Horse-power and pum ping-jack



Patented May 23, l899.. B. F. DARLINGTON &. E. P. CLARY.

HORSE POWER AND PUMPING JACK.

(Application filed Apr. a0, 1898.

(No Model.)

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ONITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. DARLINGTON AND EDWIN P. CLARY, OF SAN ANTONIO,

' TEXAS. I

HORSE-POWER AND PUMPING-.JA CK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 625,649, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed April 30, 1898. Serial No. 679 ,353. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that wc,BENJAMIN F. DARLING- TON and EDWIN P. CLARY, of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Horse-Power and Pumping-Jack Oombined,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in pumping-jacks, and has for its object, among others, to provide, in connection with a rotating head or turn-table, a sweep or shaft which rotates with the said turn-table or head and is journaled therein and has a crank connected with the pumping devices and a wheel which rolls on the ground or other suitable bearing and so operates to turn the shaft or sweep as the turn-table or head is rotated, as will more fully appear hereinafter; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of our invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on about line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a detail end view of the lead-beam, and Fig. 5 illustrates the connection of the walking-beam with the platform.

The platform A is at the top of the derrick B and supports the walking-beam O, which connects at one end with the rod D, operating in the pump F. At its other end the walking-beam connects with the pitman G, which latter connects with the crank of the shaft or sweep, presently described. In pivoting the walking-beam C it is preferably fixed to a shaft 0, whose ends operate as trunnions in bearings O on the platform A, as best shown in Fig. 5.

The turn-table or head H includes plates I and J, which are bolted together and provide between them a bearing at K, in which the sweep or shaft L is jou-rnaled to turn in the operation of the device. The lead pole or beam M is bolted to the head H, and the plates I and J are connected with the bearing-plate N, being separated therefrom by blocks N, which provide at O a space for the head of the screw or bolt P, which connects the turn- A tableor head with the post Q, which may be supported by driving it in the ground or otherwise, as desired.

The sweep or shaft L has adjacent to the head H a crank L, which connects with the pitman G, and on its outer end we provide the sweep L with the wheel L which is fixed to the shaft L, so the said shaft will be turned in its bearings K as the head H is rotated in the operation of the improvements.

In operation, the horse, mule, or other animal is suitably hitched to the outer end of the sweep or shaft L and has the lead-strap connected with the pole or beam M, as shown inTFig. 1, and as the device is operated by driving the animal around the circle in ordi= nary horse-power style the shaft L will be rotated to cause its crank to reciprocate the pitman and so rock the walking=beam to secure the desired pumping action. I

Ball-and-socket or other suitable form of swivel-joint may be provided at R, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-' out, is

1. The combination in an apparatus subthe turn-table having plates provided with a bearing for the sweep or shaft and below said plates with a bearing-plate held to said plates, the spaceblocks interposed between said plates and the bearing-plate forming a space for the head of the pivot-bolt, the pivot-bolt whereby the turn-table is held to the post or support, such bolt having a head fitted in said space and the sweep or shaft having a crank at one end and a wheel at its other end substantially as set forth.

2. The combination substantially as de scribed of the plates I and J having between them a bearing for the shaft, the plate I bestantially as described of the post or support,

ing provided in its upper side with a seat for the lead-pole, the lead-pole held in said seat, the bearing-plate N, the blocks N interposed between the plate N and the plate J, such plates and blocks being suitably held together and the blocks N, being spaced apart formin g an opening for the head of the pivot-bolt, and the pivot-bolt substantially as shown and described.

BENJAMIN F. DARLINGTON. EDWIN P. OLARY.

Witnesses:

H. THUMOND, S. O. SELBY. 

